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ova/ovftool-options

Defines any additional command line options to pass to ansible for playbooks

This Param defines a set of standard options to inject in to an OVFTool OVA deployment. This is provided as a Param, in the event that these need to be altered in the field.

Warning

To add ADDITIONAL flags, do not use this Param, use the Param ova/ovftool-extra-options.

This Param should:

  • use properly formatted ovftool options
  • MUST not repeat any existing options built up by the Task
  • do not include ANY newlines in the options
  • options should be separated by a single white space

By default, this Param sets these values:

  • --acceptAllEulas --allowAllExtraConfig --allowExtraConfig --X:noPrompting --X:connectionReconnectCount=5

Note

If the operator uses this Param, and would like to retain these values, you must also add them in addition to your extra options.

Warning

Removing the --acceptAllEulas flag is an EXTREMELY BAD idea. OVA deployment without this option will cause OVFTool to interactively ask Y/N - repeatedly. Real world impact has generated 1.1 BILLION requests, which filled up a 47 GB job-log file and filled the DRP backing filesystem. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

As an alternative for command line option parsing, see the Param ova/ovaftool-deploy-more-mapping-template - which is a MUCH more advanced use case alternative.